Greene County firms ride strong economy boosts in 1963
Local Soil Conservationist Harold Creech reports progress on watershed programs in Greene County with cost-sharing loans for Lattas Creek and Busseron Creek projects. A Sales Management survey shows per household income averaging 4696 and retail sales totaling 27.7 million, indicating robust local business activity and rising consumer spending.
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Harold Creech
Harold
Greene County
Lattas Creek
Busseron Creek
Whites Stage Big In Chicago Section
Hundreds of white youths attacked two African American families moving into a previously all white Chicago neighborhood. Police blocked streets as crowds grew, four officers were injured, and several arrests were made during a third night of protests. FBI headquarters were alerted as fear rose of wider unrest in the city.
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United Press International
Chicago
FBI
Haven
Anderson
S. C
Thunderstorms and HeatWave Dot Nation in August Forecast
Scattered thunderstorms from the Great Plains to the Gulf Coast and day long showers hit the North Atlantic states. Rain was light to moderate with isolated totals up to a tenth of an inch. temperatures reached 107 in Lamar Colorado and Las Vegas Nevada. The Weather Bureau forecasts a hot August in the Northeast and Southwest with above normal rain in the Southeast and northern Plains.
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United Press International
Great Plains
Gulf Coast
North Atlantic States
Great Lakes
Cadillac
Mich
Robins Air Force Base
Mecon
Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Effingham
Lamar
Colo
Las Vegas
Nev
Presidio
Tex
Fort Worth
Weather Bureau
Northern Plains
Southern Plains
Great Basin
David McEuen Suffers Burns in Accident
David McEuen, 22 of Linton, is listed in fair condition at Margaret Mary hospital Batesville Ind with severe burns from Tuesday. He worked with Gast Corporation on Batesville road construction and was burned when a cable touched a high tension wire. He is the son of Mrs Bonnie Lee of Linton.
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David McEuen
Linton
Margaret Mary Hospital
Batesville
Ind
McEuen
Gast Corporation Company
Mca
Bonnie Lee
Janet Jackson
Clarence Polson Faces Sodomy Charge in Greene Court
Clarence Polson of Switz Cry appeared in Greene court at Bloomfield on a sodomy charge. Sider Becall Blaine set September 8 as release. bond set at 500 dollars.
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Clarence Polson
Switz
Greenecourt
Bloomfield
Sy Soti
Sider
Blaine
Negro Vote as Key to 1964 Campaign
A Birmingham voter registration push is boosting Negro registration as the 1964 campaign nears. Dr Martin Luther King Jr reports about 2 000 new registrants in six weeks, bringing Birmingham Negro voters to ~14 000. the Justice Department cites 14 000 of 116 100 eligible Negroes registered, while 120 000 white voters are eligible. Bellsnyder defends equal treatment. Flowers notes some applicants refused to pledge to bear arms. DOJ plans stronger intervention amid a landmark discrimination case.
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Fay
Martin Luther King Jr
Birmingham
Justice Department
George Bellsynder
Jefferson Birmingham County
Bellsnyder
Alabama
Richmond Flowers
Linton Youth Injured In Accident At Weaver's Grocery
Suteve Richards 209 Linton was injured Wednesday night at 11 45 p m when his car failed to make a curve at Weaver's Grocery Goose Pond point and struck a utility pole. Police report he was traveling south on highway 59 and could not negotiate the turn. No charges were filed and his car was fined as total.
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Suteve Richards
Linton
Weaver’s Grocery
Goose Pond
Richards
Hwy. 59
Ross
Ward Convicted on Vice Charge Amid Ill Health
London report states Stephen Ward was convicted on drug charges. He is described as very ill and was scheduled for surgery to address a breathing issue as the bulletin notes.
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Ward
London
Vup
Stephen Ward
Sai Ward
Ward on Trial and Guilty Verdict in Scandal Case
Ward, a 50 year old osteopath, was found guilty on two vice counts involving payoffs to Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies and acquitted on three others. He attempted suicide hours before the verdict and remains in critical condition. He faces up to 14 years if sentenced after recovery.
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Ward
Society Osteopath
Britain
Medical Bulletin
St. Steven’s Hospital
Christine Keeler
Mandy Rice-Davis
London
Lord Astor
UN Troops in Korea Face New Infiltration, Fatal Skirmishes
Korean soldiers of the United Nations patrol in line against further infiltration from the North as three skirmishes that week left four North Koreans, three Americans, and one South Korean dead. The worst clash since the war ended occurred six miles south of the demilitarized zone with fuel in hot, humid weather.
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Korea
Unitions
North Korea
U.N
Red
Coal City Man Hurt in Wreck
A dump truck driven by Gerald Wayne Harris of Coal City struck another truck driven by Owen C. York of Worthington while attempting a left turn on a Switz City side street. Harris was injured, pinned, and later released from Freeman Greene County Hospital. York’s truck sustained $100 damage. Harris’s vehicle was a total loss with 11 tons of crushed stone aboard.
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Switz City
Coal City
Gerald Wayne Harris
Owen C. York
Worthington Ite
York
Harris
Freeman - Greene County
Patient Barbara Thompson Undergoes Surgery at Vincennes Hospital
Mrs. Joe Barbara Thompson of Lyons is listed as a patient at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes where she recently underwent surgery.
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Joe
Barbara) Thompson
Lyons
Good Samaritan Hospital
Vincennes
Sne
RaesAar
Bell Telephone Inks Higher Wage Pact
INDIANAPOLIS a 39 month contract signed Wednesday night raises wages for 747 members of the Commercial Employer Association of Indiana Bell Telephone Co. The CEA represents commercial and marketing dept workers. The agreement provides weekly pay increases from 1.50 to 4.50 dollars and an average of 3 percent plus liberalized pensions death benefits vacations and insurance. It includes two wage reopening provisions.
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Indianapolis
Commercial Employer Association of Indiana Bell Telephone Co
Bell
Communications Workers of America
CEA
Tax Writers Approve Bill To Combat New Inflation
Congressional tax writers unanimously approved legislation to make home ownership a strong hedge against inflation. The House Ways & Means Committee backed a plan adding a "once in a lifetime" tax break for seniors selling homes, with phased partial exemptions for higher profits, aiming to limit revenue loss to about 10 billion dollars after rate cuts.
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Vincent J. Burke
Washington
Congressional
House Ways & Means Committee
Kennedy
The
Treasury
U.S
Foreign Affairs Group trims aid bill by millions
The House Foreign Affairs Committee moved to finalize a 4.1 billion foreign aid bill, 428 million less than the administration requested, with a vote postponed. Notable items include a ban on further U S aid to Indonesia without a presidential finding and rejection of a review amendment on India’s steel plant. Other actions cover space funding cuts, rail work rule testimony, civil rights policy questions, and a 1.2 billion school construction aid measure facing party-line scrutiny.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
U. S
Indonesia
Kennedy
India
William S. Broomfield
Rmich
Federal Space Agency
Senate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Pentagon
Russell
GOP
House Rules Committee
Law Discussed at Sullivan Meeting
Lawyers debating points of law in a Sullivan meeting concerning the Shakamak School Corporation as remonstrators. Final disposition will come after the Aug. 7 hearing in Sullivan Circuit Court with Judge Joe Lowdermilk presiding at 10 30 a m in the courtroom.
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Shakamak School Corporation
Sullivan Circuit Court
Joe Lowdermilk
Anderson Quits as Naval Commander
Adm George W Anderson Jr leaves his post as chief of naval operations to become US ambassador to Portugal. Adm David L McDonald, a Georgia native and former 6th Fleet commander, succeeds him in a Washington Navy Yard ceremony with full honors and salutes.
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Washington
George W. Anderson Jr
David L. McDonald
Anderson
U. S
Portugal
McDonald
Washington Navy Yard
Navy
Fred Korth
Kennedy
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
London
Europe
Atlantic
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R.I
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Mass
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Geneva
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